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Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has said that the state is astatine contiguous witnessing the decolonisation of education.
Mr. Arlekar, who is besides the Chancellor of State-run universities, was speaking astatine Lok Bhavan present connected Tuesday portion formally releasing Honest John, a biography authored by Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy connected India’s archetypal Railway Minister successful the post-Independence epoch John Matthai, who besides served arsenic the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kerala. The Governor besides launched a bid of Malayalam MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) developed by the University of Calicut.
Emphasising the value of acquisition progress, the Governor said that some the National Education Policy, 2020, and the Union government’s initiatives focussed connected strengthening and modernising the sector. He besides highlighted the value of parent lingua successful education.
Recalling John Matthai’s contributions arsenic an educationist and economist, the Governor observed that Matthai was a antheral of large honesty and integrity. However, the contributions of galore Keralites, including V.P. Menon, person not been adequately reflected successful the post-Independent past of the nation.
The MOOCs were designed by the Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) of the University of Calicut. It is for the archetypal clip that a assemblage has launched a MOOC successful Malayalam language.
A treatment with the Director of the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Devika Madalli, was besides held connected the occasion.
Calicut University Vice-Chancellor in-charge P. Raveendran delivered the invited address. Kerala University Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal and John Matthai’s grandson Vivek Matthai were among those present.
